If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire ?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed

This new book manages the unthinkable- it conveys the key technical information to engineers without boring them to tears! In this unique reference, the expert embedded designer Lisa Simone provides the solutions for a new perspective. She introduces a team of engineers who will readers will recognize from their own workplaces, and then confront them with real-world debugging scenarios of progressive complexity, drawing the reader into the "mysteries" with their new fictional colleagues, and guiding them step-by- step toward successful solutions.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging. Other People's Code, Fast
Chapter 2: The Newest Employee: Learning the Embedded Ropes Through Code Inheritance
Chapter 3: It Compiles with No Errors; It Must Work! Integrating Changes in a Larger System
Chapter 4: The Case of Thermal Runaway: Rare Transient Bugs are Still Bugs
Chapter 5: The Case of the Creeping Slider The Alternative Methods of the Understanding Performance System
Chapter 6: If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?
Chapter 7: The Case of the Rapid Heartbeat: Meeting the Spirit of the Requirement
Chapter 8: What Kind of Error Message is "lume Fault"? When all of the Symptoms Seem Impossible
Chapter 9: When It's Not Hardware, It's Software. And Vice Versa. Blurring the Interface.
Chapter 10: Li Mei's List of Debugging Secrets

· Unique format casts the reader as "technical detective" by presenting a new mystery in every chapter
· Not another dry technical book! Conversational tone and intriguing quandaries draw the reader into the action, while teaching crucial debugging skills
· The final chapter, a summary of the smart problems

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging. Other People's Code, Fast
Chapter 2: The Newest Employee: Learning the Embedded Ropes Through Code Inheritance
Chapter 3: It Compiles with No Errors; It Must Work! Integrating Changes in a Larger System
Chapter 4: The Case of Thermal Runaway: Rare Transient Bugs are Still Bugs
Chapter 5: The Case of the Creeping Slider The Alternative Methods of the Understanding Performance System
Chapter 6: If I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?
Chapter 7: The Case of the Rapid Heartbeat: Meeting the Spirit of the Requirement
Chapter 8: What Kind of Error Message is "lume Fault"? When all of the Symptoms Seem Impossible
Chapter 9: When It's Not Hardware, It's Software. And Vice Versa. Blurring the Interface.
Chapter 10: Li Mei's List of Debugging Secrets